Dante''s Divine Comedy - A Reading Guide

"This essential guide to reading Dante reveals the originality and power of the language of the Divine Comedy. It will enlighten and equip those already familiar with the poem, as well as those approaching it for the first time"--

List of contents

Part I: 1. The Comedy from manuscript to print; 2. Dante's Italian; 3. Dante's words; 4. Pronouncing Italian; 5. Nouns; 6. Articles; 7. Prepositions; 8. Conjunctions; 9. Adjectives; 10. Pronouns; 11. Adverbs; 12. Verbs; 13. The Meter and Form of the Comedy; Part II. Passages for Commentary and Close-Reading: 14. Section 1: Inf. 1. 1-27, Inf. 2. 28-36; 15. Section 2: Inf. 3. 1-9, Inf. 4. 73-102; 16. Section 3: Inf. 5. 82-108, Inf. 10. 61-69; 17. Section 4: Inf. 26. 112-142, Inf. 32. 133-139-Inf. 33. 1-9; 18. Section 5: Pg. 1. 1-21, Pg. 5. 130-136; 19. Section 6: Pg. 10. 28-54, Pg. 21. 7-18; 20. Section 7: Pg. 22. 64-93, Pg. 24. 49-63; 21. Section 8: Pg. 26. 106-135, Pg. 30. 40-57; 22. Section 9: Pd. 1. 1-36, Pd. 9. 31-42; 23. Section 10: Pd. 11. 43-72, Pd. 12. 70-81; 24. Section 11: Pd. 15. 25-48, Pd. 26. 124-138; 25. Section 12: Pd. 30. 46-54, Pd. 33. 115-145.

About the author

K. P. Clarke is Senior Lecturer in the Department of English and Related Literature and the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of York. He is the author of Chaucer and Italian Textuality (2011).

Summary

This essential guide to reading Dante reveals the originality and power of the language of the Divine Comedy. It will enlighten and equip those already familiar with the poem, as well as those approaching it for the first time.

Product details

• Authors: K P Clarke, K. P. (University of York) Clarke, Clarke K. P.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2024
• EAN: 9781009400824
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0940082-4
• No. of pages: 306
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, Italy, CE period up to c 1500, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Poetry by individual poets, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE